Not just birds: Yuen Long Park, Pak Tam Chung and Cheung Chau 21 Dec 2019

2019年12月21日星期六

Yuen Long Park, Pak Tam Chung and Cheung Chau 21 Dec 2019 - birds and alcohol

A day we visited many places but not many species, the first spot we went is Yuen Long Park, mainly for good photos of White's Thrush, which I could take record shots only again. Other migrants in the park include Grey-backed, Japanese Thrush, Chinese Blackbird, Ashy Drongo and Chinese Grosbeak.

Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S62485347

Japanese Thrush - male feeding

Japanese Thrush

Japanese Thrush - first year male

Grey-backed Thrush - first winter female

Grey-backed Thrush - wag!

Japanese Thrush

Japanese Thrush - likely second year male

Grey-backed Thrush - first winter

Chinese Blackbird - not easy to shoot

Chinese Blackbird

Grey-backed Thrush - first winter male

Chinese Blackbird

Japanese Thrush - female

White's Thrush - only photo of today

Japanese Thrush - female

Japanese Thrush - female feeding

Chinese Blackbird

Chinese Blackbird and Grey-backed Thrush

Chinese Blackbird

Japanese Thrush - likely a second year male

We the headed to Tai Sang Wai to see any surprise, where we could see Eurasian Spoonbill and Red-rumped Swallow only.......

Collared Crow

Then a quick stop to Mai Po access road for good photos of Great Crested Grebe but the bird was far and lighting was wrong. Anyway we still had a great lunch in San Tin.

Great Crested Grebe

Great Crested Grebe - or called Eurasian Crested Grebe if split

a nice lunch and this was the only dish I took.....

After lunch, I went to meet my friends from mainland in Pak Tam Chung, where they targeted the White-bellied Sea Eagle (I didn't look for) and friendly Japanese Night Heron (a great twitch!).

Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S62488546

happy time with Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron by iPhone 11 Pro Max

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron - prepare to strike

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron - failed shrike

Japanese Night Heron

this is the hole after the Japanese Night Heron's strike

Japanese Night Heron - with earthworm

Japanese Night Heron - a big one

Japanese Night Heron

Japanese Night Heron - earthworm GIF

Japanese Night Heron - a smaller one

Japanese Night Heron

iPhone 11 Pro Max - 0.5x lens

iPhone 11 Pro Max - 1x lens

iPhone 11 Pro Max - 2x lens

beer time after the twitch!

Our day did not stop here and after unexpected traffic jam, we finally arrived Cheung Chau and quickly found the Brown Fish Owl pair, together with some Black-crowned Night Heron.

And our alcoholic night began.........

Checklist (well just two species): https://ebird.org/checklist/S62510742